Seed treatment with a fungal or a bacterial antagonist for reducing corn damping-off caused by species of Pythium and Fusarium

Plant Disease

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 450-454

  Mao, W ^a   Lewis, J A ^a   Hebbar, P K ^a   Lumsden, R D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; GLIOCLADIUM; HYPOCREA VIRENS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM ARRHENOMANES; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030941951     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1997.81.5.450     Document Type: Article

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